Bread-cutter.



H. B. BAXTER.

BREAD CUTTER.

APPLICATION mm MAR. 27. 191s.

Patented May 30, 1916.

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HJ'B. BAXTER.

BREAD CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED Mam-whims.

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H AR.'B-Y BOWMAN BAXTER, OF NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIQ.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May30, 1916.

Application filed March 27, 1915. Serial No. 17,450.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newcomerstown, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bread-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bread cutters, and one of its objects is to provide a bread cutter which may be secured to a shelf or table by means of which a plurality of slices of bread may be cut at a time.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction by which the number of cutting knives employed may be varied.

1 Still another object is to provide a construction whereby an eflicient downward and longitudinal cutting motion of the cutting device is secured.

Astill further object is to provide means for clamping a loaf which is adjustable for 7 different sizes of loaves in'a ready and convenient manner. Y

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of arts herein fully described and claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bread cutter embodying my invention, showing a cut-' ting device in elevated position. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation-of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a-vertical longitudinal .section showing the cutter at the limit of its downward movement. Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse section on the lines 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Fig. is a detail viewof the cutting device disconnected from the base.

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a base or. supporting member 1, which consists of a bottom board orplate 2 and. an. upright back board or plate'3, which is rigidly-secured to-the bottom board or plate in any suitable manner. The board or plate 2 is provided with suitably clamping1 means 4 for attaching it'to a bench or tab e.

, Fixed to and-proiecting rearwardly from the rear surface of the upright board or plate 3 are bracket arms 5 provided with.

downwardly and rearwardly inclined slots 6, which slots receive the ends of a cross bolt 7 having at one enda Head 8 and at the opposite end clamping and check nuts 9, I

said bolt being slidably and pivotally mounted in the said slot 6. Engaging the bolt between spacing sleeves 10 thereon are I bracket arms 11, to which are fastened a transverse holding bar 12.

' The bar 12 is arranged in parallel relation with a holding bar 13 arranged above the board or plate 1 and'in advance of the upright board or plate 3. These holding bars are formed with grooves or notches 14,

receiving the ends of a plurality of cutting knives 15, each having a fluted lower cutting edge 16. The ends of the knives are apertured and register with apertures in the bars, and through these apertures'are passed rods or keys 17, whereby the lmife blades are secured in position against displacement. This construction permits of the use of one or more blades, and the convenient attachment of the blades for cleaning, sharpening .and other purposes, as will be readily understood.

To the bar 13 is attached the handle 18, disposed about midway of the length thereof, and secured to said bar and to the bar 12 are one or more yokes 19 which extend over the upright board or plate 3 and form with the cross bars a bow-frame to carry the cutting knives. The bar 14 is fastened to the depending front arms of the yokes by bolts 20 and set nuts 21, allowing said bar to be adjusted to rigidly stay the knives -or to be disconnected from the frame yokes when occasion requires. The saws are movable through slots 22 cut through the upright board or plate 3 and downwardly into grooves 23 formed in the bottom board or plate 2. V

It will be. understood from the foregoing description that in cutting a loaf of bread into slices, the cutting device is raised up .wardlv at an angle to the extent afforded by the slots 22 to a point above the loaf of bread, which is rested upon the bottom board or plate 2 and against the upright board or plate 3, and thev cutting device is then swung downwardly on its pivot and at the same time moved in a forward direction, by which I the cutting knives are caused to pass downward through the bread, and at the same time to give a slicing action, by which a sharp and cleanlv severance is aflected. It

will be evident that in this operation the loaf will be cut into as many slices as there are knives employed, and that in thereciprocating motion of the knivesthe supplates.

porting or pivot bolt 7 slides at an angle downward and rearward in the guide slots 6. For the purpose of holding the loaf of bread which is to be cut in position, I provide a clamping device which is adjustable to receive and clamp leaves of difierent slices against the bottom and upright boards or This clamping device consists of a plate 24 which is fitted and secured in a recess 25 in the front portion of the board or plate'2 and to which is hinged or pivoted the lower end of a clamping element consisting of a slotted spring metal plate formed of a, series of spaced spring metal strips 26, which may be equal in number to the knives, which extend through and are movable in spaces hetween the same. The said clamping member is pivotelly connected at its upper end, as at 27, to the rear end of an adjusting and holding her 28, which her 28 is provided with a series of notches or ratchet teeth 29 for engegement with a, keeper lug or tooth 29 in a. slotted guide bracket 30 carried by the upright 3, whereby the her may be secured in a, variety of adjusted positions against the retractile energy of a coiled expansion spring 31. This sp -31 surrounds a guide rod 32 which is pivoted at one end, as

at 33, to the upper end of the member 26v tion of the bar 29, the rod 32 serving both connected with the clp and in,

metres as a. support for the sp ringend a. means provides a bread cutting device which may be easily and conveniently opera", means of which a plurality of slims may be cut at 22- time, the number of slices verying as desired, which enables the cutfing knives to be easily and conveniently removed for cleaning or repairs, which adapts the knives to out downward as well as crosswise with the slicing cut, whereby s srp cleanly cut will he efi'cctcd, and which is also cdcpted to receive and clam loaves of tllfiercnt sizes, the conveniences c which menifest. I

I claim A bread cutting apparatus inclng a support embodying s base d an upright, a slotted clamp i pivotclly ccected with the base for edjusent toward and from the uprighflla, ".w 3 when on the upright, an edig and ret 'g haipivotelly coected with the cl 4M1: member and notched to interlock with ssid locking member, a guide member pivo connection with the nprit, and a spring acting on seid guiding memherto the clamping meinher when seidhar is re leased from engaent with said lochng member.

In testimony whereof I afix my signeture in presence of two witnesses.

. 11w r BAXTER.

Witnesses:

J. Myron rs, H. H. Eileen.

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